NY Republican Proposes Censorship Of All Anonymous Writing Online

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A bill by New York State Senator Thomas O’Mara would enable the censorship of almost any anonymous writing online, including the publication of anonymous medieval poetry.

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Green Party Presidential Candidate Joins Chicago Anti-NATO Protests

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Jill Stein will be out on the Chicago streets as part of the anti-NATO protests starting today and through the weekend. That’s the kind of presidential campaigning we liberals can appreciate.

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As Massive Occupy Protest Takes Times Square, New York Times Covers Van Cliburn Piano Sale

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A massive protest by Occupy Wall Street is underway. Photo: ArckiiART The New York Times (you know, “All the News That’s Fit to Print”) refuses to cover it anywhere on its front page, where over a hundred other news headlines …

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North Carolina Truth: you can marry your Cousin in Charlotte but not your Partner in Pinehurst

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After North Carolina voters turned out to reject equal rights for gay and lesbian couples this week, I thought this report from Politicol was just too outrageous to be true: North Carolina Bans Gay Marriage but You Can Marry Your …

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1 Free Bernie Sanders Bumper Sticker Available to a Vermonter

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I don’t know why (I live two states away from Vermont), but the Bernie Sanders for Senate campaign has sent me a Re-Elect Bernie bumper sticker: It’s free to the first person in Vermont who leaves a comment to this …

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North Carolina’s Ban On Equal Marriage Invites Mockery Of The South

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Southerners don’t like to be made fun of for their nasty little regional culture, but then they go ahead and confirm the worst ideas that people have about them, engaging in loud public acts of cruel stupidity. A case in point is North Carolina’s passage yesterday of a state constitutional ban on marriage equality.

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Join The Chicago Protest Against NATO

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Planning for huge protests outside this month’s NATO summit have already begun. Find out how you can participate.

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NC Coalition Calls Protest at Bank of America Shareholders Meeting in Charlotte May 9

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The North Carolina Coalition Against Corporate Power has put out the call for Americans upset at the practices of Bank of America to mount a protest during its annual shareholders meeting, culminating in Charlotte NC on May 9: Homeowners, students, …

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Plan For Protests In Tampa: If Law Is Broken People Should Shoot Each Other

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Florida Governor Rick Scott won’t stand up for the right to bear weapons that aren’t guns. Why? Probably, it has something to do with the fact that there is no group of lobbyists and political action committees that give large amounts of money to political candidates who defend the right to carry sticks and glass bottles.

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On May 1, New York City Set to Burst with Occupy Protest Activity

A whopping 102 organizations in New York City have endorsed — and, more importantly, are set to participate in — a long list of protest activities tomorrow, May 1 2012. These include actions approved by local, state and federal government …

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May 1 Occupy Protest Plans to Retake Los Angeles Streets

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SPRING IS HERE. WE ARE COMING. These are the words with which the Occupy movement in Los Angeles announces its May 1 protest resurgence, a series of actions inspired by the four winds. Coming from the North, the South, the …

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Middletown, CT set to March on Bank of America 4/27/2012

For a movement that is supposed to be dead, Occupy is curiously active. Take this word sent to Irregular Times by Daniel Pflaker of Wesleyan University today: What: #Occupy march on Bank of America Where: Wesleyan University’s Olin Library When: …

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Marijuana Campaigns In Colorado

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Medical marijuana gains ground in Connecticut, loses it in Fort Collins, while the 420 Rally smokes on in Denver.

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Liberal Alternatives To Kirsten Gillibrand

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Kirsten Gillibrand is facing challenges from two liberal candidates in the 2012 U.S. Senate race in New York.

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Centrist? Billionaire Michael Bloomberg Says a Living Wage for Workers is Downright Soviet

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When groups like Americans Elect refer to the “sensible center” while drawing up lists of names of acceptable presidential contenders — names like Evan Bayh, Erskine Bowles, Tim Pawlenty, Mitch Daniels, David Walker and Michael Bloomberg — they’re appealing to …

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Chris Christie Uses Big Government Powers To Go Zoom In Helicopters

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Data show that Governor Christie has been flying around all over New Jersey in a helicopter owned by the state at the rate of one helicopter ride every four days. Christie says that it’s vitally necessary for him to go zoom in a chopper in order to get to his meetings on time. What kind of executive leader sets up a schedule so poorly organized, with meetings so tightly packed at distant locations that he has to use a helicopter a couple of times a week just to keep up?

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Occupy Reawakens In Worcester, Massachusetts

Occupy Worchester is becoming active again, now that the green grass and warm sun of springtime have become secure in Massachusetts.

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What Kind of Independence Drives the Independence Party of New York?

These last few days I’ve been making preparations to review a book written by a longtime leader of the Independence Party of New York. I’ve heard some funny things about the Independence Party of New York, mostly alleging some form …

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